Granted, it’s a strange and short decision about voluntary relinquishment. But we post it as another example of what state courts do when a tribe allows a case to go forward in state court and then moves to transfer at a later date.
After monitoring the case for approximately one year, the Tribe filed a motion to transfer the case to its tribal court. In response to the motion, the juvenile court found that good cause existed not to transfer jurisdiction to the tribal court due primarily to the fact that the case was in an advanced stage of litigation and all relevant witnesses resided in Utah.
Opinion here.
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